Independent. Rebellious. Dreadful. | Publisher of dark fiction/nonfiction | The Dark Poet Society | Roost for Crows | Women Owned/Operated
@batsandcupcakes
Are you ready for autumn? We are! Tell us your favorite thing about autumn in the comments & don’t forget to grab a book to cozy up with from !
Titles: Perdition Street by Leona O’Neill / The Bone Key by Mary Rajotte / A Thing Divine by Rian Adara
NOVELS WANTED:
💀 Stories that dance the line between horror & fantasy
💀 Unique, dynamic characters
💀 Atmospheric setting
💀 Dark, evocative themes
💀 Historical fantasy
💀 Paranormal/cosmic horror
💀 Literary/women’s horror
Visit our submissions page for more info
We are pleased to announce our anthology line-up for 2023 — please visit the Submissions Page on our website for details. Open subs for novels will resume Nov 1st. Happy writing! 🖤💀
It is our great pleasure to reveal the cover for The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell, coming this spring to Quill & Crow 🗝️💀 Visit our website to preorder today!
Come one, come all to the Carnival Macabre! Preorder your tickets now to see the marvelous wonders & wondrous marvels hidden inside Quill & Crow’s latest anthology of Gothic horror 🎪🕯Visit our website today!
Who is the Wicked Fairy? Q&C proudly presents Her Dark Enchantments by Rosalyn Briar, coming this spring! Preorder the romantic dark fantasy novel today—links on our website 🕷🔮
I’ll be perusing
#MoodPitch
today, so if I like your pitch, please submit your query per our Submissions Guidelines (on our website) and add “MoodPitch” in the subject line. Looking forward to seeing your beautiful moodboards! - Cassandra 🖤
We will be checking in with
#PitDark
today. If we like your pitch & you’re interested in working with a small press, please follow the novel submissions guide posted on our website with the hashtag included in the subject. Happy pitching! 🖤
We are open for submissions! Starting today, we are collecting short stories for our third anthology, Grimm & Dread: A Crow’s Twist on Classic Tales 🍂 Visit our Submissions page for details.
We’re opening for subs June 1st, but we’ll be participating in
#PitDark
today! If we like your pitch, be sure to check out our submissions page to see if we’re a good fit, and for details on how to submit.
New trend on Instagram? An excuse to show off our b…ooks? Either way, The Quills are representing
#massmarketpaperbacksandbutts
🍑📚 (Follow us! @ quillandcrowpublishinghouse)
We are thrilled to announce the signing of our very own Acquisitions Editor, Stephen Black, for his dark historical fiction novel, The Famine Witch. Congrats, Stephen! 🖤
@stephenRB4
The results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in our first ever flash fiction contest. Be sure to join our newsletter (first page of our website) to read all these stories & catch our first prize winner in the next issue of The Crow’s Quill 🪶
As our way of saying thank you, please enjoy 50% off our entire store — this weekend only. Grab books, coffee mugs, totes, hoodies, all priced as low as we can go! Thank you for supporting small presses 🖤💀
New author alert! We are so excited to have Rosalyn Briar joining us for the publication of her dark fantasy novel, Her Dark Enchantments. This story is beautifully dark and magical, and we can’t wait to bring it to life. Welcome, Rosalyn! 🖤🌸
We are thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of L.V. Russell’s The Bone Drenched Woods, a genre-blending Gothic folk horror novel coming spring of 2025.
Quill & Crow is not just a publishing house, it is a living, breathing force of hardworking individuals & talented creatives. I wanted to take a moment to thank the individuals I’m grateful to work beside, plus all of you who support us. Thank you for believing in our vision 🖤💀
Embrace your demons this New Year with some devilish
#CrowCalls
! Join our dark poetry prompts and be considered for a spot in the poetry section of The Crow’s Quill 🪶
Calling all poets & horror writers! Help us celebrate Gothic poetry and our upcoming anthology with March’s
#CrowCalls
prompts. Simply use the prompts in a poem with the hashtag & tag us so we can read them. Preorder Haunted: A Crow Showcase today! 🕯🖤
Hey
#PitDark
participants! If we like your pitch and you’re interested in working with a small press, please send us your queries! Thanks and good luck 🖤💀 submissions
@quillandcrowpublishinghouse
.com
Do you like free stuff? Q&C is looking for more ARC Readers to join our team—just in time for our latest Gothic romance anthology, Eros & Thanatos. Visit our website & scroll to the bottom to sign up and grab your free copies today! 💀🥀
We are pleased to reveal the cover for our next Gothic anthology, Violent Delights & Midsummer Dreams 🪶💀🥀 Enjoy these poignant, dramatic tales of love and woe this Midsummer (June 24th) Preorder today —>
Happy Release Day to all the wonderful Crows who made this anthology possible 🖤 Please visit our website to grab your copy of Haunted: A Crow Showcase today!
The Crows are back! We are so excited to announce our upcoming FOURTH volume of Crow Calls, featuring poets from around the world. Join us in welcoming some new and familiar faces, and stay tuned for preorders/cover reveal—because poetry is not dead 💀
We are so excited to reveal the cover for Eros & Thanatos: An Anthology of Death & Desire 🥀💀 Our latest collection features diverse stories that explore the line between love & death. Visit our website to preorder!
Thrilled to reveal the cover for All the Parts of the Soul, the dark historical fiction novel by Catherine Fearns. Learn more (and preorder ebooks) here:
We are thrilled to announce the signing of one of our Carnival Macabre authors, Sabrina Voerman, for her four book dark fantasy series: The Blood Bound Series—coming soon! 🖤
New Contest! Open to Black authors/poets only, we’re looking for Gothic/paranormal stories & poems to feature in our magazine. Visit our website for details:
Marvelous wonders! Wondrous marvels! Quill & Crow formally requests your attendance this May at the Carnival Macabre. Clowns, cursed mirrors, hungry goblins, thirsty fleas, ancient vampires, extraordinary exhibitions—wait, why are you running away? ⚰️🎪🕯💀
We are so excited to reveal the cover for Blood Coven, the first book in The Blood Bound Series by Sabrina Voerman! Preorder today and watch for this wonderfully dark, witchy, empowering fantasy book this September 🐺🩸
We are thrilled to officially announce the upcoming publication of Megan Bontrager’s Eye of the Ouroboros. Learn more about her cosmic/dark fantasy novel soon! 🖤
We are pleased to announce submissions are now open for our sixth Crow Calls collection, a collection honoring the spirit of rebelliousness, rebirth, and the artistic unity that helped birth our very publishing house. See comments for submissions details 🖤
#CrowCalls
It is my great pleasure to reveal the cover for our upcoming anthology, Raven & Roses! A haunting collection of gothic stories penned by a diverse group of women authors 🥀 Preorder today and get yours just in time for summer 🖤
Q&C began as a collective & would not be where she is today without her Crows: the many talented authors, poets, artists who keep her going. Thank you for understanding that the mission is beyond egos & accolades—it’s about the art. Much love & respect to you all 🖤🪶 - Cassandra
We are so excited to announce Crow Calls Volume One 💀🕯 A collaboration of poets from our community!
It was so hard to narrow it down to twenty, but we’re hoping to showcase more of our talented poets in the future. Thank you to all who made this possible 🖤
We’re baaaack! The Crows have landed for our THIRD poetry collection, featuring a host of new poets for our biggest anthology yet. Preorders open soon 💀🕯
We are excited to announce the recent acquisition of Brad Acevedo’s short story collection, Mirth & Malice: Stories from the Sideshow, coming summer of 2025. Congrats, Brad!
New author alert! We are so excited to have Catherine Fearns joining us for the publication of her dark fiction novel, All The Parts of The Soul. This story is AMAZING, and we can’t wait to bring it to life. Welcome, Catherine! 🖤💀
@metalmamawrites
As obvious fans of Rebecca’s work, we are honored to be the ones publishing her short story collection. We are so excited to bring her unique neo-Gothic brand to readers in full force next summer! 🖤
Lucky
#13
of The Crow’s Quill is now available on our website! Enjoy six stories of the Eldritch Seas with sneak peeks from Tales from Brackish Harbor, dropping August 13th 💀🌊